Selena Gomez - Revival

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Revival is the second studio album by American singer Selena Gomez, released in October 2015 via Interscope Records.

Selena Gomez wills a new era of her career into existence within the first two minutes of Revival. The Gomez of this relaxed, confident pop collection with such ease that it feels like she’s revealing her true personality for the first time. Where some former child stars tack toward aggressive maturity when they reach their twenties, Gomez finds ways to transcend that cliché.

Her brand of sexiness has a coy, subtle quality that never tries too hard, from the fun, flirty "Hands To Myself" to the blissed-out "Survivors" to the intoxicating "Me & The Rhythm" - a riff on the classic theme of losing yourself on the dance floor that nonetheless finds her sounding completely in control of her own euphoria.

Gomez finds a new comfort zone in this album’s warm, tropical beach-pop sound. "Body Heat" brings Latin fusion into her mix like never before and proves that she’s quite capable of making a genuine club banger herself.

Gomez doesn’t have the vocal chops of her Disney compadres and sometime competitors Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato, but she makes up for it here by finding a new malleability in her voice. She takes on a punk-soul Charli XCX inflection on "Same Old Love", a highlight co-written by XCX, and elsewhere builds on the clipped, breathy indie-pop vocals that made lead single "Good For You" a mould-breaking hit.

Revival is an audacious name for a 23-year-old's second album, but from start to finish, Gomez earns it. This is the sound of a newly empowered pop artist growing into her strengths like never before. (Thanks to Rolling Stone 9/10/16)